Bonta Warns Federal Workers Against Trump Admin’s ‘Deferred Resignation’ Offer
Press release from the Office of Rob Bonta:
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general warning federal employees about the Trump Administration’s questionable “deferred resignation” program, which purports to offer federal employees pay through September 30, 2025, if they resign by February 6, 2025. Following the Trump Administration’s proposal, unions representing federal employees warned their members against accepting the offer, adding that employees who accepted the offer were not guaranteed its benefits. California is home to nearly 150,000 federal workers who provide vital services to Americans nationwide.
“Federal employees provide vital services that Americans rely on every day, and are an essential part of the California economy and communities across the state,” said Attorney General Bonta. “The Trump Administration’s so-called buyout offer is a pointed attack aimed at dismantling our federal workforce and sowing chaos for Americans that rely on a functioning government. I urge federal employees to heed warnings from their unions to be very cautious of any buyout offers.”
On January 28, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent an email to millions of federal employees detailing a new deferred resignation program. Employees were told that if they accept the offer and resign, they would continue receiving all pay and benefits, and be exempt from in-person work requirements until September 30. OPM sent another email to federal employees on January 30 reiterating the offer and urging them to find “higher productivity” jobs outside of government. The OPM emails instructed employees that they have until February 6 to decide to remain in their position or resign under the deferred resignation program and warned that those who did not resign were not guaranteed to keep their jobs.
Immediately following OPM’s email, unions representing federal employees warned their members against accepting the offer. The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employees union, released information for its members warning them that employees who accepted the offer were not guaranteed its benefits. The National Federation of Federal Employees similarly warned its members against accepting the offer.
Joining Attorney General Bonta in issuing the warning to federal employees are the attorneys general of Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Washington.
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Government Attorney Generals sound kind of scared that people are realizing how unnecessary big government is.
This is telling: “Federal employees provide vital services that Americans rely on every day,”
Hey Americans! How about growing a pair and quit relying on the Federal Government!
Trump Train rolling through a bureaucracy somewhere near you, soon!
Cause kids lunches and senior meals are definitely the problem. I guess you don’t like your social security either. Hope you have good insurance, cause your Medicare is adios. You almost deserve to lose, if it weren’t for the fact your a brainwashed victim causing self harm.
Really? Do you have any, any at all, shred of evidence that Medicare or social security will be affected by any lay offs? Or for that matter kids lunches or senior meals? Or are you just trying to bully people you think vulnerable in nasty way? Because, of course, that is what a brainwashed vicious person would think to do?
It’s sarcasm directed at a dumb comment, that’s all Sherlock.
How come lefties don’t need evidence of THEIR bullshit claims…???
Sarcasm doesn’t need evidence. You must be a blast at some comedy stand-up. I never said the two are directly connected. Just an sarcastic example of all the love shown by your supreme leader and his billionaire cronies. Y’all reading into that too hard with the hater ? ? ?
In all truth and honesty…
There is a very big difference between sarcasm and honesty and truthfulness…
Lets not kid ourselves or bullshit others…
Maybe try sticking with the facts in the comment section in order to minimize misunderstandings…???
Just a thought…
The evidence is there in all the videos of Jan. 6, 2021 and the Hearings and every time Trump opens his mouth for the last 40 years. Maybe you are too young to remember? Or, like Bob Dylan might ask, how many eyes and ears must you have to see and hear the truth?
“Hope you have good insurance, cause your Medicare is adios”
Oh my that’s not sarcasm, that’s bullshit. There’s a difference.
Dumb comment directed at someone.
Your so cute
What are you the grammar gestapo? Auto correct f**ks words up all the time, woopie doo! ?
And you as well.
You don’t know what sarcasm is, do you? The first sentence can be read as sarcasm because of the inherent idea that kids lunches or senior meals, usually considered important, are announced as unimportant. However everything after that is a straightforward complaint, whine, accusation or insult. Not at all sarcasm which is “the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say, made in order to hurt someone’s feelings or to criticize something in a humorous way:” Here is a link to the definition of sarcasm (and that Sherlock is sarcasm ) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sarcasm
You don’t know what sarcasm is, do you? The first sentence can be read as sarcasm because of the inherent idea that kids lunches or senior meals, usually considered important, are announced as unimportant. However everything after that is a straightforward complaint, whine, accusation or insult. Not at all sarcasm which is “the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say, made in order to hurt someone’s feelings or to criticize something in a humorous way:” Here is a link to the definition of sarcasm (and that Sherlock is sarcasm ) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sarcasm
Aww there’s many types of sarcasm sweetie. Here let me help you…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/sarcasm
Any time a bunch of employees, in any large public or private organization, quit en masse, it’s a problem. Trump doesn’t give a damn about anyone but himself. This is just a ploy to easily replace honest, non-partisan employees with Trump puppets, just like with all the FBI employees who honestly investigated Jan. 6 and the Inspectors General. Trump wants an Orban or Putin autocracy accountable to no one and you’re helping him.
Things like Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Meals on Wheels and such could be hit. Of course, you’re not low-income and nobody you know is old and poor. Good for you. Oh, and Trump is the will o’ God. Medicare and Social Security were Democratic initiatives, opposed by Republicans. Republicans hate the idea of subsidized health care, they want to gouge people who are suffering or dying, No money? Stay sick. Medicare Advantage? Ha, ha. Supplement? maybe.
dept of education employs more administrators than actual teachers, there’s a great place to do some house cleaning if thy need csah.
And what makes you think all that extra money will go to teachers instead? Cause billionaires have a long track record of concern for kids and teachers well being? Cutting school lunches and trade classes really reflects that love.
so wasting the money is o.k. if you know how and where it’s being wasted, because if they save it, they may spend it on something else, other than administration?( gotta love mind readers), the hating because of monetary status, or lack of it, is so liberal class warfare, maybe not fund that for extra lunch money, eh ?
I’m a Independent, nice mind reading. Don’t quit your day job.
i’m a libertarian, as in the constitution and liberty, and i’m retired.
The spelling, grammar, and lack of intellectual capacity in this space is a testament to continued funding of the Department of Education.
Cause grammer matters in comments section online? Lol, it’s not like we’re writing a book or a treaty here. YOU ARE so cute sitting up there all high n mighty. Entertainingly cute ?
People need to feed their own kids and seniors had a lifetime to save so they could eat in retirement. I don’t like Social Security. Had I had the opportunity to invest it, I would have turned it into a lot more money than I will get when I do retire. As it is, I invested wisely so you know what Social Security will be to me? Gravy on the damned biscuit, mooch!
I have excellent insurance, thank you!
Not when pre-existing conditions are a deciding factor again. Some kids and seniors have no one, so you comment reflects how tone deaf you really are and not someone who should decide what is best for others, ever!
Because the live in, or want you to believe they do, in some pre-packaged, stepford wife sort of world where there are no real issues to contend with. Online, everything is perfect.
Put down the glass, it’s too early for that. Your comment makes no sense. There’s always problems in life, cause nothing is perfect. Good and evil don’t exist without each other. However, isn’t Frumpy boy supposed to fix everything and make if perfect? Or did I hear you all wrong somewhere? Peace in the Middle East, prices supposed to drop, jobs, and the secret to everlasting life? Still waiting ⏱️ what are the excuses now? What would I ever do without those that know my own brain better than I do? ?
I’m guessing you are also on Medicare now too. Otherwise your private health insurance is going to cost more than your mortgage soon, if you have one. I see the bills senior citizens get and the EOBs. Care homes arent cheap. Your savings are going to be drained pretty quick in your last 10 years. Hopefully you left a dollar or two for your kids.
If you have one, lol, your cute.
Everything you posted is completely untrue.
Because?
Alphabetically or chronologically.
Funny reply, liked that.
OK, man, I’m gonna stay off the Damn State and federal highways, and all the fire fighters and police and police leave me alone! Dude, sell t-shirts at the next Trump rally: on the front: DO NOT RESUSCITATE; on the back: DO NOT ASSIST. Yeah, yeah, U.S. OUT OF L.A.! No wonder Trump is president. We’re doomed. Wow, man, gonna grow a set that I’ll need a wheelbarrow for. Oh, wait, you’re sarcastic!?
““The Trump Administration’s so-called buyout offer is a pointed attack aimed at dismantling our federal workforce and sowing chaos for Americans that rely on a functioning government.”
it’s pretty obvious that our bloated government is dysfunctional and inefficient, thus the reason why we the people voted Trump to clean up the mess. Us taxpayers deserve a better bang for the buck.
“..a functioning government…”
That’s definitely a stretch…
Bonta doesn’t even seem to know what his job description actually is…
(And isn’t…)
Bonta is quite obviously just Newsom’s shameless henchman, and isn’t doing the job of our State Attorney General, at all…
Since when does he represent lackluster federal employees…???
However, he is certainly representative of what it means to be a lackluster State employee…
Speaking of lackluster slackers, Bonta reminds me of Kamala Harris, in that, instead of them appropriately focusing on just doing their damn jobs, like they are supposed to be doing, they are making utter fools of themselves, worthlessly jockeying in their insatiable ambition for achieving higher political positions…
If Bonta can’t figure out how to do his job, or even what it is, it would be nice if he would politely step down, and let someone else have the opportunity to actually succeed at doing it…
We donta wanta Bonta…
He should stay in his own lane…
Are you saying you spend bucks to get banged? Looking for clarification
If you’re getting it, your paying for it one way or another.
The Federal government has millions of worthless jobs, often filled with worthless people. My experience with the union was that it made promises to its members but had only a desire to collect dues and then do nothing. Add to that, Bonta and other Democrat AGs and you know everyone involved is likely dishonest, incompetent and in denial of how terrible the Democrat administrations have been. I say hatchet all Federal and state employees and start over, only this time hire only a few and abandon the majority of programs as they are just a waste of taxpayer money.
Cause the biggest billionaire administration ever, wants these cuts cause they care bout you.
This rush to use AI … maybe the Trump DOGE people are thinking it’s a good labor saver for them too?
Nope, the hands are legit, AI can’t do those well, didn’t ya know? Cute how y’all think it’s not AI when its a picture you like of impossible anatomy frown faces on Biden and Democrats but isn’t AI if it’s Frump. Word of advice, that Internet girlfriend you send money to, her name really is Boris. ?
You have a cute mouth.
OpenAI=OpenGovernment? They’ve already said the use of AI “agents” is coming. Not that it’s a good idea, but rather they said so. And you are to like it, citizen.
And less jobs = a better economy how? Enlighten me
fewer government employees=lower government costs
= higher unemployment rate, so who cares if they gov saved some money. It is not going to benefit the people, just the loyalists gutting yours and my future. The money saved will just be used to increase the salaries of those left, who licked the boot
unemployment is good, if it frees the labor up for actual productive work. that’s hugely beneficial to the economy.
Not when most the good labor jobs were sent abroad for the last how many decades? If you think moping floors and serving fries will save us all, we’re doomed.
Scare tactics from the left. No cuts.
Aww ok, we’ll see bout that down the road. Poor fella, you have a rude awakening coming.
If you’re going to pull things out of the ether, try not to breath it.
What are staying about yourself?
Actually, I don’t believe so. You’ll see that Trump keeps his promises. He will ensure they survive and fully funding them using money we call, Foreign Aid…
You do realize US citizen contractors abroad are not getting paid for their labor with that freeze. So it’s cool you think their families here deserve no bread. You support the theft wages of American Citizen contractors, you realize that?
Well said Alf. If you think logically about it, every government employee is getting their food and shelter from someone who does actual work, while they shuffle papers around at a desk or whatever. They are all on welfare.
Bonta is a fool. Here he is, a state AG, advising federal employees of their rights. That is what the union is for, Bonta. Jobs are getting cut. Take the severance, or less when you job is gone. Too bad Bonta cant be fired. Jackass.
I see it as him advocating for (his)states rights, as well I’d expect him to represent us. But CA tends to act as it’s own federal agency and that grates other states that don’t want to be influenced by CA politics and policies OR the federal government.This is how Cascadia/Jefferson movements gain traction.
The conspiracy theorists are quiet these days regarding money in politics.
Musk not be of much concern to them, in all reality.
We only had to worry bout folks like Soros, the other billionaires are so much more honest.?
Bonta has worked hard and achieved good goals:
Bonta, as the assigned attorney by the City Attorney’s Office, argued for the city that Medora and her friends put themselves and others in danger by walking on the street and were warned to leave by Damonte and another officer. The city eventually settled the lawsuit for $235,000 in May 2008.[12]
In 2009, Bonta argued on behalf of San Francisco, defending its strip search policy in jails by asserting that concerns about smuggling of drugs and weapons at a main city jail presented reasonable basis for strip searches.[13] The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 6–5 in favor of the strip search policy in February 2010.[14]
Maga would rather defend starting a trade war to expand the drug war than say Bonta is a good attorney for arguing for strip searches in jails for drugs….
One policy obviously has a direct affect on the offender vs the sober not-in-jail entire US population.
But….They gotta be in a cult for now.
‘The Art of The Deal’
vs.
‘The Art of the Strip Search’…
Bonta and his ilk are just a bunch of overzealous, miscreant, drug seekers…
Anyone that is so vociferously pro consentless strip search, as it relates to alleged justice, has no room whatsoever, to accuse anyone else of being in a cult…
You’re already in prison. You lost that right to keep f-ing around.
Calm down, why are you overzealously champing at the bit…???
Do you miss GS…???
(I figured I would be the next in line target for the reactionary lefty hen pecking)…
What crime are you accusing me of…???
Having an unauthorized cell phone in prison…???
Another Lefty cultist getting away with bullshit lying accusatory information in the comment section, without do much as a shred of evidence…
GS’s commentary pales in comparison to your transgressions…
Link please…
Thankfully, I’m actually NOT “already in prison”, as you so inappropriately allege…
So the rest of your allegation is moot…
Regardless of that…
Not everyone that gets taken to jail is guilty of what they are accused of…
So they would not be deserving of suffering the indignities of being strip searched, much to your chagrin…
It’s also my opinion that only a licensed medical professional should be conducting such a procedure, especially if it’s ANYTHING but superficial…
But maybe I am confusing being strip searched, with also being cavity searched…
And what’s up with the Lefties suddenly being the pro consentless crotch grabbers…???
Just more Liberal hypocrisy, wouldn’t you say…???
Yeah, better to fuck all of us who aren’t in jail than to strip search inmates for drugs.?
Like I said; cult.
Project much…???
Your overly enthusiastic “analogy” makes absolutely zero sense, other than possibly revealing an inappropriately overly elevated unjust zeal and/or desire to violate someone else’s personal boundaries…
Who is the pro crotch grabber Party cult, now, pro consentless strip search advocate…???
Hypocrisy abounds…
You want to expand the drug war by starting a trade war?
Fuck that, that’s incredibly fucking stupid.
Again, your comment makes absolutely no sense…
You were discussing a drug tug of war…
Quite the twist you’ve put on it….
It’s a Twofer.
Dismantling the administrative state. A dream coming true.
Um, they are dismantling the Constitution and law.
It’s a nightmare.
1) There is no Constitution. (See number 2 below.)
2) The ‘Law’ depends on who has money.
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Go figure.
The sky isn’t falling, Art…
Isn’t it glorious?
Won’t it be?
When you buy a car from Tesla approved dealers, and it fails for some cheap manufacturer defects you won’t have a warranty, nor will there be recalls with free installs, because they won’t have to.
And nevermind the workers safety who were injured building those tesla robots, who build the cheap cars that killed your wife and children – from a manufacturer defect.
Just incredible times!
These cuts would be a good idea if superfluous positions were identified using criteria that shows why these positions are not needed. Randomly cutting positions without any type of analysis or criteria transparency is inappropriate.
Glad my WW2 grandparents aren’t here to see the crap being thrown around by our own people.
I think the word ‘functional government ‘ is a stretch. Especially around here.
And essentiall?? The fbi is to lazy to check on evidence that redwood memorial overlooked. Completely worthless. Out of those 150,000 I bet there isn’t 10,000 worth their pay check. We could certainly use less local police if ignoring crime is what they are about.
My family has discussed the very same thing.
So many young and brave American boys died fighting the fascist tyrants’
ideal.